هَل وَفَت لِلطلولِ عَيني فَأَغنَت

هَل وَفَت لِلطلولِ عَيني فَأَغنَت

ساحَتَيها عَن صيفٍ وَرَبيعِ

ساحَتَيها عَن صيفٍ وَرَبيعِ

Has my eye done its duty by the ruins, sparing

Have my eyes slept long for the caravan

their two courtyards the need for summer and spring rain?

Making their meadows suffice from summer and spring?

وَضَلالٌ سُؤالُ غَيرِ مُجيبِ

وَضَلالٌ سُؤالُ غَيرِ مُجيبِ

وَسَفاهٌ دُعاءُ غَيرِ سَميعِ

وَسَفاهٌ دُعاءُ غَيرِ سَميعِ

And questioning one who does not answer is misguided;

Wandering is the question of one with no answer

and calling to one who cannot hear is folly.

And foolishness is the prayer of one unhearing.

لَو رَآني العَذولُ يَومَ اِستَقَلّوا

لَو رَآني العَذولُ يَومَ اِستَقَلّوا

لَرَثى لي في مَوقِفِ التَوديعِ

لَرَثى لي في مَوقِفِ التَوديعِ

Had the reproacher seen me the day they departed,

If the lover had seen me the day they departed

he would have pitied me at the place of farewell.

He would have wept for me at the moment of farewell,

عَبراتٌ تَحارُ مِنها الغَوادي

عَبراتٌ تَحارُ مِنها الغَوادي

وَزَفيرٌ تَضيقُ عَنهُ ضُلوعي

وَزَفيرٌ تَضيقُ عَنهُ ضُلوعي

Tears that leave the morning rainclouds bewildered,

Tears that bewilder the valleys,

and sighing that my ribs are too narrow to contain.

And sighs too great for my ribs.